Register Here: https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Rtw0I-TxSe-BtiMp0jv2XQ Please join us for a discussion of the recent escalation between Russia, Ukraine and the West. We bring together experts who have experienced or witnessed the ongoing conflict in Eastern Europe and can provide an analysis on recent events. Short presentations followed by Q&A. Participants: Nolan Peterson, a former US Air Force special operations pilot and a veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, is currently a senior editor for Coffee or Die Magazine and the author of Why Soldiers Miss War. Nolan is now a conflict journalist and author based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Mikhail Fishman is journalist, editor and TV presenter. Fishman entered political journalism in late 90’s, and has been covering Russia’s political scene since then. He is a former editor in chief of Russian Newsweek and the Moscow Times and an Anchor at TV RAIN independent television network. In 2017, Fishman co-authored “The Man Who Was Too Free”, a documentary feature on Boris Nemtsov, Russian opposition leader. Olena Lennon, Ph.D., is an Adjunct Professor of Political Science and National Security at the University of New Haven, where she teaches such courses as the U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy, International Relations, and Comparative Politics. An Eastern Ukraine native, she also serves as a co-editor of an online scholarly forum “Eyes on Donbas: Politics, Places, and People” at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. Moderated by Ekaterina Pravilova, Rosengarten Chair of Modern and Contemporary History; Professor of History; Acting Director, Program in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies And Iryna Vushko, Assistant Professor of History, Princeton University